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Håvard Hegre
Research Professor at PRIO, Working Group Leader CSCW
Email: Hhegre@prio.no
Profile
Research
Events
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Working experience:

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo (2008- )

Research Professor, PRIO (2005- )

Researcher, PRIO (1999–2001, 2003– 2005)

Adjunct Associate Professor, PRIO (1999–2001, 2003– 2005)
Associate Editor, Journal of Peace Research (2004-2006)
University fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo (2000–2001, 2003–2004)
Economist, The World Bank (2001–2003)
Member of Journal of Peace Research editorial committee (1999– )
Research Assistant, PRIO (1989, and 1991–1999)
Managing Editor, Journal of Peace Research (1990–91)

Education:

Dr. Philos in Political Science, University of Oslo (November 2004)
Cand.polit. in Political Science, University of Oslo (August 1999)
Cand.mag, University of Oslo in Musicology, History of Ideas, Computer Science, and Statistics (1995).

See Hegre's external homepage at the University of Oslo.

 

Books and reports
Hegre, Håvard, 2008. 'The Nature and Causes of Violent Conflicts in Africa', Background paper for African Development Report 2008. .
Collier, Paul & Håvard Hegre, 2008. 'The Security Challenge in Conflict-Prone Countries. A Challenge Paper for the Copenhagen Consensus', Copenhagen Consensus Conflicts Challenge Papers. .
Buhaug, Halvard; Scott Gates, Håvard Hegre & Håvard Strand, 2007. 'Global Trends in Armed Conflict'. Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Hegre, Håvard; Nils Petter Gleditsch & Scott Gates, 2004. 'Towards a Global Civil Peace', background note to the United Nations Foundation. : PRIO, 16 January: 5.
Reynal-Querol, Marta; Håvard Hegre, Lani Elliott, Paul Collier & Nicholas Sambanis, 2003. 'Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy'. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 5 June.
Collier, Paul; Lani Elliott, Håvard Hegre, Marta Reynal-Querol, Anke Hoeffler & Nicholas Sambanis, 2003. Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy. New York: Oxford University Press.
Gleditsch, Nils Petter & Håvard Hegre, 1995. Nasjonsdata: En Lærepakke. Oslo: PRIO.
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Articles
Gleditsch, Nils Petter; Håvard Hegre & Håvard Strand, 2009. 'Democracy and Civil War' in Handbook of War Studies III. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (155–192).
Hegre, Håvard & Hanne Fjelde, 2009. 'Democratization and Post-Conflict Transitions' in J. Joseph Hewitt, Jonathan Wilkenfeld & Ted Robert Gurr, eds, Peace and Conflict 2010. University of Maryland and Boulder: Center for International Development and Conflict Management/ Paradigm Publishers (79–90).
Raleigh, Clionadh & Håvard Hegre, 2009. 'Population Size, Concentration, and Civil War: A Geographically Disaggregated Analysis', Political Geography 28(4): 224–238.
Hegre, Håvard, 2009. 'Trade Dependence or Size Dependence?: The Gravity Model of Trade and the Liberal Peace', Conflict Management and Peace Science 26(1): 26–45.
Hegre, Håvard; Gudrun Østby & Clionadh Raleigh, 2009. 'Poverty and Civil War Events: A Disaggregated Study of Liberia', Journal of Conflict Resolution 53(4): 298–623.
Buhaug, Halvard; Scott Gates, Håvard Hegre, Håvard Strand & Henrik Urdal, 2009. 'Nils Petter Gleditsch: A Lifetime Achiever', European Political Science 8(1): 79–89.
Hegre, Håvard, 2008. 'Svar til Elster' [Response to Elster], Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift 25(4): 394–396.
Hegre, Håvard, 2008. 'Gravitating toward War. Preponderance May Pacify, but Power Kills', Journal of Conflict Resolution 52(4): 566–589.
Elbadawi, Ibrahim; Håvard Hegre & Gary Milante, 2008. 'Introduction: The Aftermath of Civil War', Journal of Peace Research 45(4): 451–459.
Gleditsch, Nils Petter & Håvard Hegre, 2008. 'Paqja dhe demokracia' [Peace and Democracy] in Knut Midgaard & Bjørn Erik Rasch, eds, Demokracia – kushtet dhe pasojat. Prishtina: Rozafa (279–301).
Hegre, Håvard, 2008. 'Polarization and Interstate Conflict', Journal of Peace Research 45(2): 261–282.
Elbadawi, Ibrahim & Håvard Hegre, 2008. 'Globalization, Economic Shocks, and Armed Conflict', Defence and Peace Economics 19(1): 37–60.
Hegre, Håvard, 2008. 'Elster på tomgang' [Elster on Autopilot], Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift 25(1): 90–93.
Hegre, Håvard & Nicholas Sambanis, 2006. 'Sensitivity Analysis of the Empirical Literature on Civil War Onset', Journal of Conflict Resolution 50(4): 508–535.
Gleditsch, Nils Petter; Kathryn Furlong, Håvard Hegre, Bethany Ann Lacina & Taylor Owen, 2006. 'Conflicts over Shared Rivers: Resource Wars or Fuzzy Boundaries?', Political Geography 25(4): 361–382.
Furlong, Kathryn; Håvard Hegre & Nils Petter Gleditsch, 2006. 'Geographic Opportunity and Neomalthusian Willingness: Boundaries, Shared Rivers, and Conflict', International Interactions 32(1): 79–108.
Hegre, Håvard; Tanja Ellingsen, Scott Gates & Nils Petter Gleditsch, 2005. 'Towards a Democratic Civil Peace' in Paul F. Diehl, ed., War. Library of International Relations. London: Sage (165–193).
Gleditsch, Nils Petter & Håvard Hegre, 2004. 'En globalisert verden – økt kaos eller varig fred?' [A Globalized World – Increased Chaos or Lasting Peace?], Åpen verden. Et forsvar for globalisering: 250–263, December.
Hegre, Håvard, 2004. 'En globalisert verden – økt kaos eller varig fred?' [A Globalized World – Increased Chaos or Lasting Peace?], : 250–263, December.
Gates, Scott; Tanja Ellingsen & Håvard Hegre, 2005. 'Toward a Democratic Civil Peace?' in . in Paul F. Diehl, ed., War. Library of International Relations: (165–193).
Furlong, Kathryn; Håvard Hegre, Bethany Ann Lacina & Taylor Owen, 2006. 'Conflict over Shared Rivers: Resource Scarcity or Fuzzy Boundaries'.
Hegre, Håvard, 2005. 'Development and the Liberal Peace', Nordic Journal of Political Economy 31(1): 17–46.
Gates, Scott; Håvard Hegre, Mark P. Jones & Håvard Strand, 2006. 'Institutional Inconsistency and Political Instability: Polity Duration, 1800-2000', American Journal of Political Science 50(4): 893–908.
Hegre, Håvard, 2005. 'Identifying How Trade Matters in Empirical Studies of Interstate Conflict', Conflict Management and Peace Science 22(3): 217–224.
Hegre, Håvard, 2005. 'Identifying How Trade Matters. A Rejoinder', Conflict Management and Peace Science 22(3): 235–237.
Hegre, Håvard, 2004. 'De langvarige borgerkrigene' [The Duration of Civil Wars], Dagbladet, 17 September.
Hegre, Håvard, 2004. 'Kampen mot borgerkriger' [Fighting Civil Wars], Dagbladet, 9 July.
Hegre, Håvard, 2004. 'Size Asymmetry, Trade, and Militarized Conflict', Journal of Conflict Resolution 48(3): 403–429.
Hegre, Håvard, 2004. 'The Duration and Termination of Civil War' [Introduction], Journal of Peace Research 41(3): 243–252.
Gleditsch, Nils Petter & Håvard Hegre, 2004. 'Fred og demokrati' [Peace and Democracy] in Knut Midgaard & Bjørn Erik Rasch, eds, Demokrati – vilkår og virkninger. Oslo & Bergen: Fagbokforlaget (293–322).
Gleditsch, Nils Petter & Håvard Hegre, 2004. 'En globalisert verden – økt kaos eller varig fred?' [A Globalized World – Increased Chaos or Lasting Peace?] in Jan Arild Snoen, ed., Åpen verden. Et forsvar for globaliseringen. Oslo: Civita (250–263).
Hegre, Håvard, 2003. 'Development and the Liberal Peace: What Does It Take to Be a Trading State?' in Katherine Barbieri & Nils Petter Gleditsch, eds, Globalization and Conflict. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield (201–228).
Hegre, Håvard; Nils Petter Gleditsch & Ranveig Gissinger, 2003. 'Globalization and Internal Conflict' in Katherine Barbieri, ed., Globalization and Conflict. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield (251–275).
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Mousseau, Michael; Håvard Hegre & John R. Oneal, 2003. 'How the Wealth of Nations Conditions the Liberal Peace', European Journal of International Relations 9(2): 277–314.
Dorussen, Han & Håvard Hegre, 2003. 'Extending the Multicountry Model of Trade and Conflict' in Katherine Barbieri & Nils Petter Gleditsch, eds, Globalization and Conflict. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield (77–102).
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Hegre, Håvard & Todd Sandler, 2002. 'Economic Analysis of Civil Wars [Introduction to special issue]', Defence and Peace Economics 13(6): 429–433, 1.10.2002 00:00:00.
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Hegre, Håvard, 2002. 'Trade Decreases Conflict More in Multi-Actor Systems: A Comment on Dorussen', Journal of Peace Research 39(1): 109–114.
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Hegre, Håvard; Scott Gates, Nils Petter Gleditsch & Tanja Ellingsen, 2001. 'Toward a Democratic Civil Peace? Democracy, Political Change and Civil War 1816–1992', American Political Science Review 95(1): 33–48.
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Gates, Scott; Nils Petter Gleditsch & Håvard Hegre, 2001. 'Democracy and Civil Conflict After the Cold War' in Dirk Berg-Schlosser & Raivo Vetik, eds, Perspectives on Democratic Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe. New York: Columbia University Press, for East European Monographs (185–194).
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Gleditsch, Nils Petter & Håvard Hegre, 2000. 'Shared Rivers and Interstate Conflict', Political Geography 19(8): 971–996.
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Hegre, Håvard, 2000. 'Development and the Liberal Peace. What Does It Take to be a Trading State?', Journal of Peace Research 37(1): 5–30.
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Gates, Scott & Håvard Hegre, 1999. 'Evolution in Democracy-War Dynamics', Journal of Conflict Resolution 43(6): 771–792.
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Gates, Scott; Håvard Hegre, Ranveig Gissinger & Nils Petter Gleditsch, 1998. 'Timing the Changes in Political Structures. A New Polity Database', Journal of Conflict Resolution 42(2): 231–242.
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Raknerud, Arvid & Håvard Hegre, 1997. 'The Hazard of War. Reassessing the Evidence of the Democratic Peace', Journal of Peace Research 34(4): 385–404.
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Gleditsch, Nils Petter & Håvard Hegre, 1997. 'Peace and Democracy: Three Levels of Analysis', Journal of Conflict Resolution 41(2): 283–310.
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Hegre, Håvard, 1994. 'Journal. En presentasjon av et styringsverktøy' in Det vitenskapelige tidsskrift. Rapport fra en konferanse for vitenskapelige tidsskrifter. TemaNord 1994:574. København: Nordisk Ministerråd (147–150).
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Other
Fjelde, Hanne, 2009. 'Sins of Omission and Commission: The Quality of Government and Civil Conflict', Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University. Supervisors: Erik Melander & Håvard Hegre. defended 19 December.
Elbadawi, Ibrahim; Håvard Hegre & Gary Milante, eds, 2008. Journal of Peace Research 45(4), July. Special issue on The Aftermath of Civil War.
Elbadawi, Ibrahim; Håvard Hegre & Gary Milante, eds, 2008. Journal of Peace Research 45(4), July. Special issue on The Aftermath of Civil War.
Hegre, Håvard; Håvard Strand & Henrik Urdal, 2008. 'The Future of Armed Conflict: Predicting the Incidence of Conflict, 2007-2030', presented at 49th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 26–29 March.
Holtermann, Helge, 2008. 'Poverty and Civil War: An Assessment of Four Prominent Explanations of the Per Capita Income-Civil War Relationship', Political Science, University of Oslo. Supervisor: Håvard Hegre. Defended 4 January 2008.
Strand, Håvard, 2007. 'Political Regimes and Civil War Revisited', Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. Supervisor: Håvard Hegre. Defended 22 June.
Østby, Gudrun; Håvard Hegre & Clionadh Raleigh, 2007. 'Economic Deprivation and Civil War Events: A Disaggregated Study of Liberia', presented at Polarization and Conflict Meeting, Gaillac, France, 7–9 June.
Hegre, Håvard; Ibrahim Elbadawi & Gary Milante, 2007. 'How Civil War Alters the Chances of Democratization and Democratic Stability', presented at Conference on Management of Post-Conflict Transition: The Challenges of Institutional Reform, Khartoum, Sudan, 22–24 January.
Gleditsch, Nils Petter; Håvard Hegre & Håvard Strand, 2007. 'Democracy and Civil War', presented at Statsvitenskaplig Fagkonferanse, Trondheim, 3–5 January.
Gates, Scott; Håvard Hegre, Mark P. Jones & Håvard Strand, 2007. 'Democratic Waves? War, New States, and Global Patterns of Democratization, 1800 –2000', presented at Statsvitenskaplig Fagkonferanse, Trondheim, 3–5 March.
Fjelde, Hanne & Håvard Hegre, 2007. 'Democracy Depraved: Corruption and Institutional Change 1985–2004', presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 28 February–3 March.
Fjelde, Hanne & Håvard Hegre, 2007. 'Democracy Depraved: Corruption and Institutional Change 1985–2000', presented at Statsvitenskaplig Fagkonferanse, Trondheim, 3–5 January.
Carlsen, Joachim & Håvard Hegre, 2007. 'Simulating the Evolution of Global Democracy Levels', presented at the 48th Annual Metting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 28 February–3 March.
Hegre, Håvard; Gudrun Østby & Clionadh Raleigh, 2007. 'Economic Deprivation and Civil War Events: A Disaggregated Study of Liberia', presented at the 48th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 28 February–3 March.
Hegre, Håvard & Joachim Carlsen, 2007. 'Simulating the Evolution of Global Democracy Levels', presented at National Political Science Conference, Trondheim, 3–5 January.
Fjelde, Hanne & Håvard Hegre, 2006. 'Democracy Depraved. Corruption and Institutional Change 1985-2000', presented at the Peace Science Society's Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH, 20 November.
Killicoat, Phillip, 2006. 'Weaponomics: The Economics of Small Arms', MA thesis at the Department of Economics, Department of Economics, Oxford University, UK. Supervisor: Håvard Hegre. Defended September.
Holden, Kathrine, 2006. 'The Stability of Political Regimes - Assessing the Importance of Ethnic Groups’ Access to Power', Institute of Political Science, University of Oslo, Department of Political Science, Univesity of Oslo. Supervisor: Håvard Hegre. Defended 26 July.
Hegre, Håvard, 2005. 'Polarization and Interstate Conflict', presented at Polarization and Conflict (PAC) Winter meeting, Milan, 16­–17 December.
Nome, Martin Austvoll, 2005. 'Transnational Ethnic Dimensions of Third-Party Interventions in Civil Conflicts', MA Thesis, Department of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. Supervisor: Håvard Hegre. Defended 13 December.
Gleditsch, Nils Petter; Lene Siljeholm Christiansen & Håvard Hegre, 2004. 'Democratic Jihad? Military Intervention and Democratic', presented at Workshop on 'Democratic Institutions and Processes and Civil War', Bellagio, Italy, 7–9 June.
Christiansen, Lene Siljeholm & Håvard Hegre, 2004. 'Democratic Jihad? Military Intervention and Democracy', Bellagio, Italy, 7–9 June.
Hegre, Håvard, 2005. 'Gravitating Toward War. The Gravity Model of Trade and the Liberal Peace', presented at the 3rd General Conference of the European Consortium of Political Research, Budapest, 8–10 September.
Hegre, Håvard & Clionadh Raleigh, 2005. 'Population Size, Concentration, and Civil War. A Geographically Disaggregated Analysis', presented at the Summer Meeting of the Polarization and Conflict Project, Konstanz, Germany, 2–5 June.
Hegre, Håvard & Clionadh Raleigh, 2005. 'Population Size, Concentration, and Civil War: A Geographically Disaggregated Analysis', presented at the Polarization and Conflict (PAC) Summer Meeting, Konstanz, 2–5 June.
Raleigh, Clionadh & Håvard Hegre, 2005. 'Introducing ACLED: An Armed Conflict Location and Events Dataset', Conference on 'Disaggregating the Study of Civil War and Transnational Violence', April.
Raleigh, Clionadh & Håvard Hegre, 2005. 'Introducing ACLED: An Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset', presented at a conference on 'Disaggregating the Study of Civil War and Transnational Violence', San Diego, 7–8 March.
Hegre, Håvard, 2004. 'The Limits of the Liberal Peace', Dissertation submitted for the degree of Dr. Philos, Department of Political Science, Supervisors: Jon Hovi, UiO (defended 6 November 2004. Committee: John R. Oneal, Erik Gartzke, and Knut Midgaard), University of Oslo. .
Hegre, Håvard, 2004. 'The Limits of the Liberal Peace', Dissertation for the degree of Dr. Philos, University of Oslo, . .
Strøm, Kaare & Håvard Hegre, 2004. 'Conceptions of Democracy in the Study of Civil Conflict', presented at the 45th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montreal, 17–20 March.
Hegre, Håvard & Nicholas Sambanis, 2004. 'Sensitivity Analysis of the Empirical Literature on Civil War Onset', presented at a meeting of the Polarization and Conflict network, Voksenåsen, Oslo, 2–4 July.
Hegre, Håvard, ed., 2004. Journal of Peace Research 41(3), May. Special issue on Duration and Termination of Civil War.
Hegre, Håvard, 2004. 'Refugee Flows and the Spread of Civil War', presented at Resources, Governance Structures, and Civil War, Uppsala, 13–18 April.
Gleditsch, Nils Petter; Lene Siljeholm Christiansen & Håvard Hegre, 2004. 'Democratic Jihad? Military Intervention and Democracy', presented at Joint Sessions of Workshops, Uppsala, 13–18 April.
Gleditsch, Nils Petter; Lene Siljeholm Christiansen & Håvard Hegre, 2004. 'Democratic Jihad? Military Intervention and Democracy', presented at the 45th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montreal, 17–20 March.
Hegre, Håvard, 2004. 'The Limits of the Liberal Peace', Department of Political Science, Supervisors: Jon Hovi and Arvid Raknerud, UiO; Scott Gates, PRIO (submitted March, approved by committee, to be defended 6 November), University of Oslo. .
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Hegre, Håvard & Ibrahim Elbadawi, 2004. 'Globalization, Economic Shocks, and Armed Conflict', presented at a conference on ‘Globalization, Territoriality and Conflict’, University of California, San Diego, 16–18 January.
Hegre, Håvard, 2003. 'Disentangling Democracy, Development as Determinants of Armed Conflict', presented at the 44th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), Portland, OR, 25 February–1 March.
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Hegre, Håvard, 2001. 'Trade, Size Asymmetry, and Militarized Conflict', San Fransisco, CA, 30 August.
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Gleditsch, Nils Petter & Håvard Hegre, 2001. 'Political Institutions, Globalization, and Conflict', Soria Moria Conference Center, Oslo, 11 June.
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Hegre, Håvard, 2001. 'Trade as a War Deterrent', Klekken, 12 January.
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Gates, Scott; Håvard Hegre, Mark P. Jones & Håvard Strand, 2001. 'On the Shoulders of Giants: A Multi-Dimensional Representation of Political Systems (MIRPS)', Uppsala, 1 January.
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Hegre, Håvard, 1999. 'The Limits of the Liberal Peace', Department of Political Science, . Defended 15.6.1999 00:00:00.
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